The Great Fire of Meireki ... Some personal stories remained in the aftermath—some tragic, some horrifying, all remarkable. For instance, the Confucian scholar Harashi Rayama did not perish in the ...

One of the most destructive of these fires was the Great Fire of 1657. But it was also one of the most formative, for the consequences of the changes made to the layout of the city in the wake of the ...

In the immediate aftermath of disaster ... On September 2, 1666, 350 years ago today, the Great Fire of London began. Abetted by a dry summer and a strong easterly wind, the fire consumed four ...

The Guildhall, a historic building in the City of London, played a crucial role in the aftermath of the Great Fire. Although ...